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Making Research a Part of the Public Agenda
no. 104 - June 2000

A Merrill Center publication
on the Research Mission of Public Universities

TABLE OF CONTENTS

(printer-friendly version of the 2000 publication)

INTRODUCTION
by Mabel Rice, University of Kansas

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Making Research a Part of the Public Agenda
by George E. Walker, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Indiana University

RESPONSE to the Keynote Address
by Robert Barnhill, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas

PANEL OF RESEARCHERS
Graduate Research Programs Enrich Undergraduate Education
by J.E. Leach, Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University

Strengthening the Role of Research in Policy Decisions: The Campbell Collaboration and the Promise of Systematic Research Reviews
by Harris Cooper, Professor of Psychology, University of Missouri at Columbia

High Tech, Low Tech, Right Tech
by Valentino J. Stella, Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas

The University of Kansas Premie Neuroscience Research Program: Towards Universal Newborn Sensorimotor Screening and Habilitation
by Steven M. Barlow, Speech-Language-Hearing, University of Kansas

FIRST PANEL OF ADMINISTRATORS
Missouri Research Publications: Illuminating the Science Agenda
by Jack O. Burns, Vice Provost for Research and Charles E. Reineke, Editor of Illumination Magazine,
University of Missouri at Columbia

When the Public Agenda Clashes with Research
by Thomas H. Rosenquist, Director of Research Development, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Research: Making It a Blip on the Public's Radar Screen
by James A. Guikema, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Kansas State University

SECOND PANEL OF ADMINISTRATORS
Making Research Part of the Public Agenda: An Engaged University
by Brady J. Deaton, Provost, University of Missouri at Columbia

Public Perception: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us
by Marsha R. Torr, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

EPSCoR REPORT
The EPSCoR Challenge: Partnerships in Research
by Thomas N. Taylor, Distinguished Professor of Botany, University of Kansas, and Director, Kansas NSF EPSCoR

PANEL ON STATE POLICY AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
by William R. Docking, Chair,Kansas Board of Regents and Kim A. Wilcox, Executive Director, Kansas Board of Regents

INITIATIVES IN KANSAS CITY ON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Evolution of the Kidney Research Program at the University of Kansas Medical Center
by Jared J. Grantham, M.D., Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute
by William G. Brundage, Executive Director

New Alliances
by James Spigarelli, President and CEO, Midwest Research Institute

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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